2001 - Saginaw County

Board of Commissioners February 27, 2001
Plan to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) upon
approval of two-thirds of the local governmental units.
We met with William Wright, Director, and Suzanne Kelley, Planning
Department who informed us in communication 2-27-1 that the Plan
was approved by more than two-thirds of the local units and was
forwarded to the DEQ for approval. After reviewing the Plan, the
DEQ requested minor changes outlined in the attached letter. The
Solid Waste Planning Committee has concurred with the changes, and
is asking the Board to do the same.
It is the recommendation of your committee that the changes be
approved as recommended by the Solid Waste Planning Committee,
thus completing the final step in adopting the Solid Waste
Management Plan Update. We further recommend that the Chair of the
Board be authorized to sign the attached letter of concurrence,
subject to review by the Controller as to substance, and Counsel
as to legal form.
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON COUNTY SERVICES
Todd M. Hare, Chair
Raymond F. Bartels, Vice-Chair
Kenneth B. Horn
Michael P. O'Hare
Carl E. Ruth
Robert L. Fish
By Commissioner Hare: That the Report of the Committee be received
and the recommendations contained therein be adopted. Approved.
Attachment 2.3
February 28, 2001
Lynn Dumroese, Environmental Quality Analyst
Waste Management Division
Department of Environmental Quality
PO Box 30241
Lansing, MI 48909
RE:Saginaw County Solid Waste Management Plan
Dear Ms. Dumroese,
In response to your September 21, 2000 letter and the
recommendations made at the Saginaw County Solid Waste Planning
Committee’s meeting on January 9, 2001, the Saginaw County Board
of Commissioners respectfully requests the DEQ to approve the
Saginaw County Solid Waste Management Plan with the modifications
recommended in your letter and at the January 9 meeting.
The Saginaw County Board of Commissioners met in regular session
on February 27, 2001 and reviewed the recommended changes to the
Saginaw County Solid Waste Management Plan. The Board of
Commissioners concurred with your recommendation of the changes as
described below:
I.On page III-44, the following sentence will be added to the
first paragraph, “If the Chairman of the Saginaw County Board
of Commissioners does not appoint the two representatives
from the affected municipality within 30 days, the Saginaw
County Solid Waste Planning Committee will continue to serve
as the SRC without the two appointed representatives. If an
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